Mordin had gotten distracted by a large hologram of two turrians and a human.

Computer: "Year 2157 C.E. First Contact War. Turrian interrogation. Vault T91."

"Fascinating." I swear. Sometimes I couldn't tell if Mordin was actually an adult or an overly curious child. Probably a little bit of both.

I watched Mordin watch the hologram.

Wrex gave Mordin a 'gentle' shove knocking him into me. "This isn't a field trip. We have a Shepard to kill."

"Perhaps. However, when will another chance arise to explore data?"

"Bah! Even I know this junk, salarian."

"Only the beginning. Could have more buried further in."

It was nice to know the only thing it took for Mordin to be 'friends' with Wrex was to cure the genophage. "You two can stay here getting educated. I'm going to go help the others."

I was half way down the ramp when something small bounced into view at the bottom. "Grenade!" I pivoted mid step and raced back up the ramp.

My shields took the brunt of the force, but knocked me off my feet and I slid to a stop at my companions' feet.

"Shepard!" Mordin knelt down beside me. "Must be more careful. Many objects in area delict. Irreplaceable."

I flipped him the bird as bullets flew over my head. Wrex roared loudly charging ahead.

"Hurry, Shepard." Mordin didn't bother to wait for me to get up and went to join Wrex.

"I hate you both." I grumbled scrambling to my feet.

Cortez: "This is Hammerhead. Enemies ahead, Shepard. We'll get their attention!"

"Don't get ahead of yourselves." I said running to join Mordin and Wrex. "I don't want to have to save your asses."

Cortez: "We're not Team Mako."

"You mess with Shepard." Wrex laughed loudly. "You mess with me!"

The room was full of desks and I just knew Wrex was going to break as many as possible simply because he could. If I had to pay for all the things he broke, I'd never have any credits. Then how would I buy my exotic fish?

"They've still got the krogan!" A merc shouted. "Someone kill him!"

"Someone can try!" Wrex laughed again plowing through a row of desks.

"Frontal plate on krogan head can be pried off. Knife most suitable." Mordin said to no one.

Maybe that's the real reason Wrex never tries to murder Mordin.

Tali: "This is almost unfair. Should we give them a chance?"

I rolled forward ducking behind side paneling and crates.

Brooks: "Speak for yourself, please! I'm not even a field agent!"

"The salarian's only a doctor." Wrex reminded her.

I sprang up from my cover and was about to shoot a clueless CAT 6 mercenary when Mordin shot a percussive shot and killed him. "Never killed with medicine."

Liara: "Just follow Shepard's lead; let the rest of us do the heavy lifting!"

Garrus: "Touché, T'Soni."

"Peanut gallery!" I slapped a magazine into my gun. "You think all you comedians could start hitting something?"

A mercenary went flying overhead in a biotic field. I hated when Liara did that. It was just weird and this poor guy was upside down. Wait, that wasn't Liara. "Javik! Just shoot them! Don't torment them to death!"

Javik: "As you wish, Commander."

The biotic field vanished and the mercenary fell head first. I was thankful all the gunfire drowned out the 'crack' that must have followed. I need to be more careful with my wording around Javik.

"Javik!"

"No worries." Mordin released a neural shock at a mercenary running towards him. "Death instantaneous. No pain."

"Not helping, Mordin, not helping at all."

Brooks: "I think we got them all! Or, I mean, the rest of you did."

The three of us regrouped in front of the only door.

"Or the krogan did." Wrex smirked at us.

Mordin pointed to Wrex's face. "Nose bleeding."

"The mighty krogan is bleeding." I elbowed him.

"Bleeding mighty krogan blood!" Wrex exclaimed.

I shook my head. "Hammerhead and Mako, keep pushing ahead."

The door opened to an empty hallway. "You know, they could save a lot of room if they didn't have so many empty, pointless hallways."

"Hallways not pointless." Mordin activated his omni-tool, read something, then dismissed it. "Saving complete. Opposite door will now open."

"Wha?"

Mordin and Wrex erupted into the new room, guns blazing.

I shook my head following. It was better not to ask when it came to Mordin. I raised my rifle to shoot only to be blinded by the needlessly bright wall light. I saw a humanoid frame that couldn't have been Mordin or Wrex and shot it. Not something I suggest ever doing.

James: "Attention, low-life mercenary wanabees! Say 'please' and we'll accept your surrender!"

I hurried to the dysfunctioning holo archive. Most of these were connected so I could surprise the enemy. Kind of. Until the second one decided to start talking.

Tali: "Say 'pretty please' and maybe Wrex will take a break."

"Try it and we'll see!" Wrex's roar seemed to reverberate making me wonder how many mercenaries had pissed themselves.

Javik: "The Prothean, on the other hand, makes no such promises!"

Glyph: "Attention, enemy drones. Please cease hostile actions, I believe we could benefit from mutual exchange of data. Additionally, the term 'floating butler' does not encompass all of my primary function."

Does Glyph have a mute button? If not, Liara needs to install one. Even EDI had a mute button. Joker fractured his thumb on it enough times.

There was a loud explosion and way too many cries of pain.

"The hell was that?" I called out. I'd lost track of Mordin and Wrex.

"The salarian just blew something up." Wrex shoved a now broken chair out of his way. "And you were always worried about me break'en crap."

"Flammable or inflammable." Mordin shrugged. "Couldn't remember which. Didn't matter."

"You didn't even know what was going to happen, but you did it anyway?"

"Hostiles eliminated in area. Saved bullets."

He only slightly had me there.

Glyph appeared by my head. "Commander, I have cataloged 18 previously unknown historical events."

"Where's the target?" I closed my eyes in frustration.

"Searching for a secret vault. They did not wish to be disturbed."

"What?"

"I thought it was you."

I had the strange desire to bang my head against a wall.

Mordin made the face he makes whenever he has to talk to an elcor. "Find other Shepard."

Javik: "Stupid machine."

I agreed whole heartedly.

"Shepard, I believe we are breaking several rules." Mordin pointed to a few signs on the wall. There was a 'no guns' and 'no running'.

"I'm a Spectre. I can legally do whatever I want. I can run with scissors if I ever get the urge."

"Wouldn't be wise." Mordin 'helpfully' told me.

"This coming from the man that blew something up."

"No signs forbidding explosives."

Wrex laughed. "The salarian got you on that one, Shepard.

"Yeah, sure, who doesn't want to go through an empty hallway only to enter an empty 'L' shaped room?"

"I have to agree with Shepard on this one." Wrex punched a box and either it was empty or he was just that strong, but the box went flying. "I'm not done shooting things."

"More mercenaries ahead." Mordin assured him. "Probably."

"Unless it's yet another empty room." I mumbled activating the lock.